Maine
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33.2K5Andrew Wyeth’s First Date With Christina Olson and Her World
Andrew Wyeth met his future wife and Christina Olson, the subject of his most famous painting, on the same day – his 22nd...
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12.6K55Lucy Nicolar Goes Far From a Maine Indian Reservation — And Then Returns
In January 1900, 17-year-old Lucy Nicolar traveled from her home on Indian Island in Penobscot County, Maine, to New York City where...
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7.5K7Mellie Dunham, Maine Snowshoe Maker, Takes a Meteoric Ride to Stardom on the Vaudeville Circuit
Mellie Dunham was so busy making snowshoes at his family company in Norway, Maine, that he let a letter from Henry Ford...
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4.4K1A New Age Retreat in Eliot, Maine, Saves the Career of Marsden Hartley
Marsden Hartley called himself ‘the artist of Maine.’ He was a renowned Modernist artist who painted manly, rugged scenes of fishermen, mountains...
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9.9K13How Flying Santa Saw New England Lighthouses in 1936 (From the Sky, Of Course)
The New England Flying Santa tradition was born in the teeth of a fierce winter storm when lighthouse beacons along Penobscot Bay...
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4.0K2Edwin Arlington Robinson, Maine Poet
Something hopeful shines through the dark pessimism of a Christmas poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson, who salvaged friendship and fame from bitter...
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